Narciso Rodriguez / Fall 2014 RTW

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Narciso Rodriguez wants women to move. He doesn’t want them weighed down by cumbersome fabrics, constrained by tight silhouettes, or tripping over their hemlines. He knows they have better things to do, and this fall, he’s here to help. How? For one, bringing everything shorter. Not micro, but just above the knee so that they can walk quickly, climb in and out of cars, or crouch to talk to their kids. Rodriguez riffed on perhaps the easiest silhouette—a T-shirt dress—with an albeit tailored, roomy number in poppy crepe, and any number of easy sheaths came colorblocked with stripes in shades including orange, sand, and charcoal.

Pants were sexy and slim, the better to show off hard-won gams and to pair with tops for work, date night, or both. In fact, those may be the two most difficult occasions to dress for these days given how much the boundaries of fashion have shifted in the office and how casually everyone’s approaching dating. Yet somehow Rodriguez offered solutions for both. For work: said pants with a colorblocked shell and a minimalist coat or jacket that splays open to reveal a wonderfully contrasting lining. For date night: Why not one of his romantic silk tops that flow longer in the back with a killer pointed-toe bootie?

Rodriguez is singularly tuned to the needs of New Yorkers and women all over the country who share that (sometimes insane) urban sense of urgency and motion. As his collection increasingly becomes about lifestyle—his shoes and bags only get better—it would be great to see it presented in the bright light of day.